Re: grammar issue - proper nouns, nouns

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info>]

From: <nayanikay -at- yahoo -dot- com>



>
> What should be capitalized in the following sentences:
>

> Client, client, Job Type, job type, Browse link, Browse list, browse
list,
> ETC!
>

The rule I use is this:

If there is a thing that is labeled in the GUI, refer to it exactly as
it is labeled. If not, don't capitalize.

Also, you could refer to what users actually *see* when you tell them to
"click". For example:

- Click Browse to open a list of job types, and then select a job.

- Click the calendar (no need to say "icon" because your users *see* a
calendar).

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Bonnie Granat
http://www.editors-writers.info




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